Enrollment Trends at Oakwood

The student population at Oakwood University is 1,226 (1,177 undergraduate and 49 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 523 (29.90%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Oakwood is 96.00% which is decreased by 526 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 3 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 76 male students for every 100 female students, up from 71 in 2015.
74 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 640.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,526 where 1,226 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 1,794 students in 2017 and was lowest at 1,226 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,749 to 1,226 students, a net loss of 523 (29.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Oakwood University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,749	1,703	712	991	46	17	29
2016-17	1,794 45	1,740 37	719 7	1,021 30	54 8	25 8	29
2017-18	1,711 -83	1,650 -90	691 -28	959 -62	61 7	26 1	35 6
2018-19	1,636 -75	1,581 -69	675 -16	906 -53	55 -6	15 -11	40 5
2019-20	1,526 -110	1,461 -120	617 -58	844 -62	65 10	24 9	41 1
2020-21	1,374 -152	1,339 -122	556 -61	783 -61	35 -30	20 -4	15 -26
2021-22	1,452 78	1,378 39	596 40	782 -1	74 39	28 8	46 31
2022-23	1,470 18	1,431 53	612 16	819 37	39 -35	20 -8	19 -27
2023-24	1,319 -151	1,279 -152	533 -79	746 -73	40 1	15 -5	25 6
2024-25	1,226 -93	1,177 -102	512 -21	665 -81	49 9	19 4	30 5
Average	1,526	1,474	622	852	52	21	31

Oakwood University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,474 where 1,177 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Oakwood University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,703	1,598	665	933	105	47	58
2016-17	1,740	1,626	681	945	114	38	76
2017-18	1,650	1,521	627	894	129	64	65
2018-19	1,581	1,449	615	834	132	60	72
2019-20	1,461	1,366	573	793	95	44	51
2020-21	1,339	1,240	511	729	99	45	54
2021-22	1,378	1,255	543	712	123	53	70
2022-23	1,431	1,305	551	754	126	61	65
2023-24	1,279	1,196	498	698	83	35	48
2024-25	1,177	1,104	485	619	73	27	46
Average	1,474	1,474	575	791	1,474	47	61

Oakwood University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 52 where 49 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Oakwood University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	46	45	16	29	1	1	0
2016-17	54	42	18	24	12	7	5
2017-18	61	54	20	34	7	6	1
2018-19	55	53	14	39	2	1	1
2019-20	65	54	16	38	11	8	3
2020-21	35	22	12	10	13	8	5
2021-22	74	58	21	37	16	7	9
2022-23	39	25	13	12	14	7	7
2023-24	40	23	6	17	17	9	8
2024-25	49	34	10	24	15	9	6
Average	52	52	15	26	52	6	5

Oakwood University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 1.31% and the percentage of black students is 63.62% at Oakwood University. 1.47% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 7.91% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 1.09% to 1.31%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.46% to 1.47%. Black student enrollment decreased from 83.42% to 63.62%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.20% to 7.91%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5880 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.3029 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Oakwood University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	11	8	1,459	56	0	19	0
2016-17	7	4	1,534	58	0	19	0
2017-18	10	11	1,408	69	0	19	0
2018-19	9	17	1,332	85	0	19	0
2019-20	34	8	1,198	78	0	17	0
2020-21	13	5	1,146	86	0	8	1
2021-22	2	7	1,141	123	1	10	37
2022-23	3	4	1,077	135	0	15	34
2023-24	3	0	913	102	0	19	33
2024-25	2	18	780	97	0	16	29
Average	9	8	1,199	89	0	16	13

Oakwood University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

74 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has increased 640.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Oakwood University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,749	10	60	1,679
2016-17	1,794	57	40	1,697
2017-18	1,711	36	74	1,601
2018-19	1,636	148	170	1,318
2019-20	1,526	123	128	1,275
2020-21	1,414	107	175	1,132
2021-22	1,452	129	213	1,110
2022-23	1,470	109	569	792
2023-24	1,319	82	435	802
2024-25	1,226	74	527	625
Average	1,530	88	239	1,203

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Enrollment Trends at Oakwood

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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